July/August

Where has the time gone? Two week vacation in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Home and family visits that is where!
We had a lovely time on vacation, lots of sunny weather, we were so fortunate. We played golf, ate out a lot, did some home projects, beach walks, and lots of reading! I love to read on vacation a true sign of vacation. Discovered a new author Jojo Moyes, Me before You, what a great book and a tear jerker too. Loved her book and can't wait to read her others.  Read Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand, very good summer beach book, another new author for me Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling, great detective mystery book. I will be reading the sequel Silkworm after my daughter is through with it!
Now I 'm reading Big Little Lies, by Liane Morianty so far really great, same author from The Husbands Secret a great read!

Well, we were so excited to have our two granddaughters and daughter here for a few days after getting home from MV. We hadn't seen them  for a while so I was more then ready. Elisabeth (Lizzy) just turned 6 years old so we had a birthday party and not just any "B" party, a red, white and blue party at Lizzy's request! So I looked for all the right colors for the decorations and I think she was more then pleased. We had spaghetti and meatballs also requested and a special cake from our local bakery, Hanover's double fudge!

                                                    Dining room/party room

                                      Special birthday cake and I hope a good wish come true!

                                  Lots of balloons, we were afraid they would pick her UP!



We had a great hike one day, a museum day, and playground play!

                                                     Museum kite making event

                                         Movie watching after a long day, all bathed and in PJ's

                                                    Playground fun

                                              Hiking and fairy searching

                                                 Can anyone name this beautiful flower??





Look what's happening here................. I'm so not ready..........................bring back summer!

I love Fall weather but it just doesn't seem like we have had enough summer yet. BUT it has been a lovely summer!

Hope you are all well and enjoying some free time for hobbies, gardening, family and yarn loveliness! I have not made anything this summer which I think is a first, so the Fall will be a good time to start and get my mojo back!


Thanks for coming back and visiting me here, I'm so behind in blogs, but I will be catching up soon. Love to you all, xoRobin

                                         Look who's back.....sheepies.......here's a sweet one

How does your garden grow?

Hello, what a beautiful day we have today!

Just wanting to share my garden with all of you, because I'm in amazement of my petite garden, 4x4 square. But boy, have I had fun with it!

The tomatoes are so abundant for two plants, the lettuce has been snipped 3 times and some seeds planted too and the lettuce keeps coming, the sugar snaps are fun and we get to have about 3 in our salads every so often, the peppers are growing and are so cute, the zucchini is thriving and I have grilled two so far, and the cucumbers are fabulous. I have had one large and it was so fresh and delicious and another one growing. That's my garden, that's all folks, BUT so great for just the two of us.

Picture time

                                                                   Big cucumber

Little cuck

Green peppers

Lettuce

Zucchini

Lots of tomatoes

Big girl tomato 

Sugar snap peas

4x4

oops another Zucchini

and my edible nasturtiums

We don't really eat them but you CAN

Hope you enjoyed my "little and I do mean little" garden tour.  If I had more produce, I would share with all of you, if possible. Hope you are all well and enjoying your part of the world. How does your garden grow? Let me know.

I have seen beautiful pictures of flowers and veggies from so many of your blogs. It's such fun to see everyone's world, blogland is wonderful. Love knowing you all. Thanks and have a great week ahead.

xoRobin

A visitor this morning

Stop Everything

You know how sometimes you just have to stop what you are doing and make something that has inspired you!! WELL, that is what happened to me just now.  Little Woollie is a wonderful crocheter and makes so many colorful, inspiring blankets........I could just eat them all up!  Visit Julie here.

Well, did you see the crocheted stamp.......I loved it and had to stop everything and try my hand at it! I don't even know what I will do with it, but, I had to gather my yarn, hook, patterns and sit myself down and create.

This is what I came up with, love it, may pin it onto my yarn bag.

                                   Here is Julie's blog and her lovely stamps and mine on lower left

Bird x-stitch from the talented Helen Philipps  Helen's books are so full of beautiful sewing and patchwork designs.

                                                                                  Front

                                                             Back, will add a safety pin



     

                                                                 One more close up







Well, that's really it for now. Just wanted to share my little fun, inspiration and creation.  I hope you visit  Julie and Helen, you will not be disappointed.



Enjoy your days and thank you to my new followers and all your lovely comments.



xoRobin

                                                   Pretty beach shot from recent MV trip

Summer

Isn't summer wonderful!? Just loving these summer days and evenings. The light is so grand and the long days are so great for getting things done or just enjoying a lazy day. But who's days are really lazy. Did have a few on vacation in Martha's Vineyard. Lovely weather, interrupted by Hurricane Arthur. It turned out to be just a downpour of rain and winds, not too bad at all and the next day was fabulous and we were swimming in the ocean. Great waves, Jack loved it too!

Martha's Vineyard in pictures

                                         Ferry going to MV, Love her name

It's an extremely large ferry, actually the largest and newest! Has WiFi, TV, Cafe, and lots of indoor and outdoor sitting, and air conditioning, even double decker car transport. We always take our car.

                                         Oh yes Jack on the ferry! Such a good boy❤

Black Dog Sail boat, I heard parents telling their little kids it is a pirate's ship! Looks like one, they have school programs for kids on the island to learn the ropes of sailing and 5 day sleepovers.

                                                    Many gorgeous homes too

                                                  My hydrangea's are doing well, love them

Rose Beach Plums and so fragrant

Tasty Honeysuckle

And what would it be without a random lovely "Daisy"

"He loves me, he loves me not"

Jack taking himself for a walk to the beach

Day after the Hurricane, rough surf, normally no waves

Very windy, maybe that's why it's not focused :  (

Could Jack have found a larger stick/log!?

Photographer I am not!

Few Golf days

Some grilling and something in the background

More of this

Oh we had a nice break! Can't wait to go back in two weeks for two weeks and then all our vacations are over. (at least for the summer)

I read three books, a true sign of summer for me

The Husband's Secret

Orphan Train

The Rosie Project 

And began The Silver Star

All ready GREAT BOOKS

Thanks so much for visiting me here in my little blogland. Thank you to all my new followers, I love seeing new friends joining me, so then I get to have new blogs to visit too! Be back soon. Sorry I missed many blogs, but I will be back on track now! Happy days to you all and hope you have some time to smile and laugh and give someone a big HUG!

xoRobin

Mysterious